What are shin splints? Let us educate you: *The term “shin splints” is used loosely to refer to pain in the shin area. *Shin splints usually involve inflammation stemming from repetitive overuse injuries to the muscles and connective tissue surrounding the shinbone. *“Repetitive overuse injury” means you keep wiping your shin muscles out each time […]
Chronic or acute neck pain afflicts millions of people each year. In the United States, pain in the neck is the eighth leading cause of disability and accounts for more than 10 million ambulatory medical care visits each year, according to research summarized in the Annals of Family Medicine. Although many people are tempted to dismiss […]
Stretches for Neck Pain Over the long run, stretching and strength training for your neck will provide the most sustained benefit when it comes to keeping the pain away. To ease your neck pain, you will want to begin with a series of gentle, slow range of motion exercises, moving your neck up and down, […]
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is also known as median nerve dysfunction or median nerve entrapment. The median nerve is the nerve that supplies feeling and movement to parts of the hand. When there is pressure on this nerve, symptoms such as pain, tingling, numbness, and weakness of the hand and fingers can occur. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, […]
If you are experiencing severe sciatic pain, especially weakness in the leg, please see a medical doctor before pursuing alternative treatments. What can I do to ease the pain of sciatica? Physicians may prescribe a range of medicines to ease the symptoms of the pain of sciatica, including anti-inflammatories, muscle relaxants, narcotics, and even some low-grade […]
What is scoliosis? Scoliosis is a lateral (toward the side) curvature in the normally straight vertical line of the spine. When viewed from the side, the spine should show a mild roundness in the upper back and a degree of swayback (inward curvature) in the lower back. When a person with a normal spine is […]
Is what you’re referring to lordosis, or hyperlordosis? Lordosis actually is the normal curvature of the lower back and the neck. Most often when people speak of lordosis as a problem causing lower back pain, they mean excessive lordosis: an exaggerated curvature of the lower back. It’s what people also call “swayback.” Usually excessive lordosis comes with […]
According to a Harvard health report, back pain afflicts four out of five Americans at some point in their lives. Many of these people experience sciatica, a term often used synonymously with “back pain,” but which is actually not a condition on its own. Rather, sciatica pain is a collection of symptoms which result from […]
Physical Symptoms of Plantar Fasciitis People with plantar fasciitis experience sharp pain in the arches and heels of their feet during normal standing and exercise activities. Often the pain is worst in the morning, but some people only feel it after standing for a long time, or after exercise. What Is The Plantar Fascia? – […]
Frozen Shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a temporary but painful condition of the shoulder joint. Frozen shoulder occurs when the capsule of connective tissue surrounding the shoulder joint thickens and tightens around the joint, restricting its movement. Symptoms such as pain, stiffening, and decreased range of motion begin gradually and eventually diminish. Without treatment, the […]